Preparing Poster Presentations

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Preparing Poster Presentations

• General Biology I
• FGCU
• Nora Demers, Ph.D.

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Selecting a Poster Topic

• Any item of your choice in BIOLOGY
• Biology is the science of life
• Science is knowledge acquired by careful
  observation
• Show the connections to molecular and cellular
  Biology
• The following examples are provided to help you
  choose a topic

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Natural Selection

• What habitat?
• What relations to other organisms?
• What mechanism?
• Why are they different?
• How are they different?

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Species

• What species?
• Why is it special?
• Why is it studied?
• What uses for humans?

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Endangered Species

• What species?
• Why are they endangered?
• What contributes to their decline?
• Are efforts to save them working?
• Why or Why not?

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Ecosystems

• What environment?
• What organisms?
• How does their structure fit the environment?
• What functions to keep the system working?
• Is it endangered?

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Invasive Exotic Species

• What are they?
• How do they impact the environment?
• Are they damaging the ecosystem?
• How do they spread so well?
• Is there a way to control them?

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Biomedicine

• How do nerves grow?
• Can we modify their growth?
• Under what circumstances?
• Why would we?

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Nutrition

• What are vitamins?
• Why are they needed?
• How do they function?
• How are they acquired?
• Where do they function?

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Drugs

• What are Anabolic Steroids?
• How do they function?
• Are there side effects?

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Physiology

• What?
• Who is affected?
• How?
• Treatment?

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Genetic Abnormalities

• What are they?
• How do they happen?
• Can they be fixed?
• Should they be fixed?

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Behavior

• What are dreams (or)?
• How do they occur?
• Are they in color?
• Can we control them?
• Why do we dream?
• Do other animals?

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Pathogens

• What kinds of pathogens are there?
• When do they cause damage?
• How do they cause damage?
• Can they be controlled?

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Toxins

• Where are they from?
• How are they toxic?
• What cellular mechanism is affected?
• Who is afflicted?
• Is there a remedy?

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Technology

• What?
• How?
• Why?
• Benefits?
• Hazards?
• Mechanism?

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Investigation

• What studies occur in space?
• What differences exist?
• Why do we study in space?

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Your Topic Here

• What topic interests you?
• Why?
• What cellular mechanism is involved?
• Who cares?
• Why?

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Goals for the Poster

• Capture attention
• Condensed format
• Generate discussion
• Neat legible
• Use large text
• Use figures tables

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Poster Format

• Title with author listed
• Abstract - no more than 100 words
• References/citations provided
• No larger than 6 ft by 4 ft

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Use Copious Graphics

• Illustrate your main point(s)
• Easy to understand
• May be computer generated
• Graphics are essential to convey the issue or
  topic

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Figures Tables

• Use descriptive titles
• Should stand alone
• Illustrate key points
• Readers should not have to read the text to
  understand

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Evaluation

• By instructor peers
• Each student must evaluate 3 posters
• More info available at web site

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Begin Work Now

• Your poster will reflect the time and energy you
  devoted to it
• Use many resources
• Do not plagiarize

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Important Note

• Posters must contain a molecular/ cellular
  component
• Remember you must examine the topic from a
  biological perspective